US Navy opens UCAS-D contest

Source URL: http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/02/26/212289/us-navy-opens-ucas-d-contest.html
Posted at: http://www.air-attack/com/news/news_article/2372

Boeing and Northrop both submit systems developed under J-UCAS for service's combat air system competition

Boeing and Northrop Grumman are responding to a US Navy request for proposals (RFP) for the $1.9 billion unmanned combat air system carrier demonstration (UCAS-D). Award of a contract for the six-year technology demonstration effort is expected in the third quarter of this year.

Boeing will offer the X-45N naval derivative of its X-45C demonstrator, the first of which was completed but never flown after the US Air Force/Navy Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems (J-UCAS) programme was cancelled in February 2006. Northrop will offer the 19,000kg (42,000lb) gross-weight X-47B, which was also under construction for J-UCAS.

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